Othello's fit towards Desdemona has brought about three effects in me:
1-'It shows how much Othello love's Desdemona'
irronically enough this is one of the thoughts which did come to mind. you might think that this proves how meek his love for her is but its actually quite the opposite. as people the more we love someone the more we want to believe everything that person says, but also the more we love the more harsh we can be towards our love. we are more likely to forgive a friend for something, such as a lie, then we are to forgive our lovers, partners or spouse. the reason being because we "refuse" to believe that this particular person would "ever betray our trust". if it had been any other woman whom had done such a thing to him in the past i honestly believe he simply would have accused her of being a whore and moved onto another, but since it was "his Desdemona", his love, the woman whom he trusted his heart to, it hurt tenfold.
2-'It exposed how deeply insecure Othello is'
yes it does. it was the partially the fact that he thought that Desdemona was perverted for loving a "moor" that helped seal in his mind the lies of her infidelity. he came to the conclusion that she was "not normal" because, of all the suitors she had, all fair skinned as she was, she choose him, and in his mind this thought was unconcievable. granted when she said "i saw Othello's visage in my mind" she's admitting that she did not find him all that attractive but, if he would have had confidence in that he as a person was good enough for her and that she was not looking for someone who "looked" suitable but "was", for her, then he would have not thought her perverted for loving a man such as he.
3-'It is too "over the top" to be believed'?
no it is not. i dont really understand what this means, i mean isn't this what shakespeare is about? taking the ordinary and transforming it into something remarkablbly extraordinary and "over the top"? i mean for instance, coud two children love as truly and as deeply as Romeo and Juliet? Could a woman be as dutiful as Desdemona and defend her husband even, when it was he who tried and succeded in killing her? must all people recieve a most profound eulogy BEFORE they die? even if they were murdered or are committing suicide? remember shakspeare was ALL ABOUT THE DRAMA, it was and is what we love about him.
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I don't care for the drama, I like the way Shakespeare expresses how the characters think and the poetic/imaginary way in which he does it. Drama you can get from watching trailer trash on Springer, people read Shakespeare for more than the drama.
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